Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17934, Levi Dresser, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dresser, Levi
S. 17934
carded
CONTENTS

Died Oct 13, 1856
18.381
Maine Levi Dresser
of Priv in the State of Maine who was a Priv in the Corp commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Maf line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 5 1/4 Dollars 28 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Former payments from 4 Sept, 1837 $36.67 p. ann. to be deducted.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of
Jan 7, 1853 and sent to Geo. Colborne Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by R. M. Hatch Book 45 Vol. 1 - Page 12

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Sevi Dreher
April 9 th 1883
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BRIEF in the case of Levi Dresher of Lovell in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     last of April 1780 remained doing duty until the winter after Capt. Daniel Col' Pike   Spring 1781 returned to the Snow to Trybarg April Col' Pike   not Spring 1782 until about the middle of December Corporal Capt. Farrington  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Trybarg Maine
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

Levi Dreyer
1867

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this seventeenth day of August - A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, at Fryebury in sd County, Levi Dresser a resident of Lowell in the county of Oxford aforesaid - and State of Maine, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted as a soldier for the town of Fryebury, at Fryebury then in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & now in the County of Oxford and State of Maine the last of April A.D. 1780 into Capt. Andrew Phippenhill's Farnell's Company. That he was sent by the Select men of Fryebury to Col. Pike of Saco who was a muster master, & mustering him sent to Springfield Mass - that when he arrived there, he found his Capt. Farnell, & went with him to Great Barrington & then joined company & then marched to Fishkill, and then the Company went to West Point where we staid three months & that he was ordered to Capt. Farnell's Company taken sick & went home & then that he joined Johnson's company or so then Capt. Johnson took command of Farnell's Company - then he was assigned as Gen. Arnold's life guard for nine days & went to the Robertson Farm, where Gen. Arnold has his quarters, then returned to West Point & joined Johnson's company again, and in about three days after - Gen. Arnold deserted - that he remained doing duty in sd Company until the winter after, & then he and his company were dismissed at West Point - & he returned home in the snow to Fryebury aforesaid - the next Spring A.D. 1781 the same town of Fryebury sent three soldiers to Col. Pike aforesaid to be mustered - Wm Evers, Timothy Walker and himself - that they then went to Boston by sd Pike to Majr Joseph Pitcairn, who ordered them to the Commanding Officer at Springfield; & he sent them to the Commanding Officer at Albany in York State - Gen. John Stark then he with the other two joined Capt. King's Company - in which he marched to Saratoga - and soon after sd Evers, Walker & himself were placed on Gen. John Stark's life guard - and there faithfully served until sometime in December & then returned again in the snow to Fryebury - the next Spring, April 1782 then about the first of the month, that he enlisted as the first Corporal into the company commanded by Lt. Stephen Honyton at sd Fryebury, during the war; that he marched from Fryebury through Lowell - Watertown & Albany to Bethel a frontier town on the Androscoggin River - which had been plundered by the Indians, who killed some and carried off others prisoners; and then built forts & great works & scouted all the rivers & lakes & defended that country until sometime in December, then returned then the Commanding Officer Lt. Honyton permitted the soldiers to return to Fryebury & other towns in the vicinity where they belonged, for winter quarters - with hostile orders to hold themselves in readiness for duty at his command - and in the Spring, that he returned again to Bethel & faithfully obeyed all orders served until about the middle of December next after - when sd Honyton gave that he does not recollect whether he took a discharge, if he did it is lost.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Levi Dresser

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier served as he states. but whether he served as a "Revolutionary Soldier" the Court do not decide - the deposition of Daniel Eastman, under oath, is annexed - and a copy of a resolution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the case of Isaac Abbott, herewith transmitted, is referred to as evidence of the nature of Service.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gale Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Grefsen for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK
Joseph G. Gale Register

I hereby certify that I have known the within-named Diener for about thirty years and that he is reputed to be a revolutionary soldier and a man of truth - Indoh Dasia
The undersigned applicant being requested the opinion of the court as to the nature of his service above described, & the court having taken the same into consideration, hereby expresses an opinion, that said service should be deemed "Revolutionsary"
In testimony whereof, the said court hereunto subscribed their names & affixed their seal official, this twentieth day of May A.D. 1859.
Stephen Emery, Judge

That he was born at Andover - in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 24 Febry 1762. In has no record of his birth which I can now come at - delivered at Hingham when he was entered, and at & after the war, till within about thirty years when he removed from said Hingham to Soall an adjoining town in the County of Oxford and State of Maine - that he was furnish as a soldier by the town of Hingham, for the two first terms, and enlisted the last time, as stated above - and served under the officers before mentioned - that he did not take any discharge the first term; but was regularly dismissed the second term when we were dismissed, a discharge or pass was given to sd Evans, Walker & himself - all on one paper & it was taken by sd Walker & he knows not what has become of it -

March 23, 1933
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RA-J/REL
Elijah Dresser-W.22971
Levi Dresser- S.17934
Annie P. Corson 12 Brewster Road Framingham, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elijah, Levi, John and Jonathan Dresser, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Due to the great pressure of current work and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer. The histories of Elijah and Levi Dresser are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension.
Elijah Dresser W.22971
Elijah Dresser was born in November, 1750, in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Sterling, before the Revolutionary War, he enlisted in a company of minutemen and on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the day of the battle of Lexington, he marched in that capacity, under Captain Samuel Sawyer, to Cambridge, where he remained until May 5, 1775, when he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Ephraim Richardson's Company and after the death of his captain in October, 1775, under Lieutenant Seth Howard, in Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and served eight months; he again enlisted the latter part of September, 1777; served one month in Captain Fortunatus Eager's Massachusetts Company and was at Saratoga when General Burgoyne surrendered.

Elijah Dresser moved from Sterling, Massachusetts, to Turner, Oxford County, Massachusetts(Maine), about February, 1802.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while residing at said Turner, where he died April 19, 1845.
The soldier married February 11, 1779, in Sterling, Massachusetts, Sarah Houghton.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed September 18, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-eight years and resided in Turner, Maine.
In 1846, son John Dresser was aged sixty-six years and son Tyrus Dresser was aged fifty-nine years. Both were then residents of Turner, Maine. The names of no other children are given.
In 1845, one Samuel Houghton was a Justice of the Peace for Worcester County, Massachusetts; no relationship to Sarah Houghton Dresser was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Dresser, widow of Elijah Dresser (s.22971), you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Sarah Dresser, Certificate No. 375, issued June 21, 1848, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Maine Agency.
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Levi Dresser s. 17934
Levi Dresser was born February 24, 1762 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Fryeburg, York(later Oxford) County, Massachusetts(Maine), he enlisted the last of April, 1780, served in

Capt Fernald in Mass book also St Stephen Farington
As there were several statements I took copy of first state- ment & marked it out by comparing with others.
Captains Andrew Pepperrell Fernald and Johnson's Massachusetts Company and was discharged the following winter having served eight months; he stated that a part of the time during this tour, he acted as waiter to Captain Fernald and for nine days was one of General Arnold's life guard; he enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served five months in Captain King's Massachusetts Company, marched to Saratoga, and was placed in General John Stark's life guard; about April 1, 1782, he enlisted, served as corporal and acting sergeant under Lieutenant Stephen Farington; went to Bethel on the Androscoggin River for the defense of the frontier, where he remained until December following, when he returned home for the winter, and in the following spring again went to Bethel and served under Lieutenant Stephen Farington until the middle of the next December when he was discharged.
Levi Dresser resided at Fryeburg, Massachusetts(Maine) until about the year 1802, when he moved to Lovell, Oxford County, Massachusetts(Maine), of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832.
AB
He died October 13, 1856.
There are no data as to his family.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

P
17934.
INVALID.
1933 Mar 24 - Recd to Annie P. Carson Letter in case of Elijah Access. N. J. 622971 - B&L
File No. 17934
Levi Dressler
His Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine - 18381
Levi Crocker
of Lowell in the State of Maine who was a Pvt. & Enf. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Farnsworth of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pills in the Maine Militia line for 6 m. 18 dys Pvt. 4 " " Enf.
Redu d fr. $82.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Feb 1838, to said Levi Crocker, J. Lovell, Fryeburg, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '37 - $220.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar '38 - 18.3
$238.3
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. B. Burdin Clerk Book 6. Vol. 1 - Page 12
let to Hon. J. Herrick
July 6 '44
Letter to Senator Fairfield 17 th April 1846.
G. C. Ames
Nov 13. 1851
G. C. Ames July 21 52

Send documents in case of Ephraim Sabenferd for actual service
Order suspending pay 30 Aug 1834 to Agent let to pension 30 Aug 34 let V Little Eng 29 Dec 34 Am M. Mason ap 19.
1836 do - Fbr. S. Dana, Jan 3:37 " to same Feb 23. "
18.387
Maine
Levi Dyer
of Lowell in the State of Maine who was a for t Corp. in the Company commanded by Captain Farnel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pike in the line for line for 16 mo for 8 mo Corp
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 82 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Augt. 1833 and debited to Claimant Fryeburg Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $165.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. - 41.33
$206.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. L. Williams Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 11

Maine Rolls
Pension office
Dec 23 1882
Levi Dyer, pensioned act June 7 1882 at $82.66 cents, reduced to $36.67, To what time paid & what deductions made?
J. J. Gallaher Esq
3 Auditor,
J. Ripley
Paid to 4 th March 1884 at
$82.66 p. annum. — Paid for 4 th March 1881 at $36.67 former payments deducted. — He has been paid to 4 th Sept 1882 at the low rate.
B. B.

To what time was Levi Dreyer private of Corp. 82 66 /100 for an own frms at the Maine agency under act 32? G.W.B.
Ap. 16. '36
Recd to 4 March 1834.
Recd to 31 Dec 1835.
1. March 1838

82.66 3 247.98
36.67 7 256.69 247.98 8.71 due 4 March 1837-

Levi Dresher Increase me
at June 7 1832
7 mos Corp $ 25.62
8 " 1832 pri 28.66
$54.28
per annum from
4 March 1834
deducting what has been paid at $ 36.67 from 4 Sept 1837, when his payment at the last named amount com- menced
Cert to
G. C. Ames Present

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Judah Duna
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Daniel Eastman is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this thirteenth day of September in the year A. D. 1882
RK Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Judah Dana Esq
whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Daniel Eastman & to the other papers hereto annexed is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 18 th day of May in the year A. D. 1833
R K Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Daniel Eastman of lawful age testify and say that I am well acquainted with Levi Dresher and have seen his declaration this day made before the Court of Probate & know that he enlisted and served in the Revolutionary War in the manner by him therein stated ————— Daniel Eastman
State of Maine
Attest J. D. Aug. 7. 1832 — Then personally appeared the abovesigned Daniel Eastman and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him made before me —————
Jadok Dana
— Just. Peace

Brief in the case of Levi Dyer County and State of Maine act June 7 1832
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was a pensioner, act June 7 1832 at $82.66 - was reduced to $36.67, because his name was not found upon the Rolls for so long a time as he was pensioned for, and the overplus, up to the date of his reduction, was deducted, - which was improper, - This is, therefore, to be refunded - and additional proof of pensioners, who served with him, is furnished to increase his pension as a corporal and private (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Geo. C. Ames
Present
Thornton Tipton Examining Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND,
March 19,
A. D. 1852
2,
Freeman Bradford
REGISTER OF PROBATE,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
David R. Hastings Esq. is an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of hereto annexed, that the COMMISSION of the said A. D. 1847 and will expire
Gardner he is
Hastings Aug 3,
as appears by the paper
DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that
is dated Aug. 3.
A. D. 1854
and that the following SIGNATURES, purporting to be his are
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the SEAL OFFICIAL of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

I Miss Abigail of Lowell in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am eighty six years of age; Was a Soldier in the Revolution and am a pensioner of the United States.
I served two years in all my services taken together. In 1782 I served under Lieut Stephen Farrington and was stationed in Bethel, on the Androscoggin River, then called Ludbury Canada.
Levi Dufres, then and now of Fryebury served with me for the term of, at the least, seven months and one half, and was a Corporal in the company commanded by said Lieut Farrington.
This service in 1782 was under two enlistments: the first was called a three months enlistment and terminated in the month of July, and the second was a four months enlistment and terminated in the month of December 1782 and both of them under Lieut Farrington and I have known Levi Dufres for at least seventy five years past and said Dufres was a resident of Fryebury in the Revolution and had been in the service in

the Continental Army before his service in Bethel and as I always understood for about one year and a half - Said Dreiser received a full pension for his services under the act of 1832 for one or two years but his pension was afterwards reduced and I believe entirely cut off as mine was in 1834 -
N. H. D. H.
Orford Vt. March 18. 1852 Then personally appeared before me, Mosey Hutchinson, a man of truth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed this day in my presence -
David R. Hastings } Justice of the Peace -

I have A State of Tryphany in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath dispose. & say that I am eighty nine years of age - I was a Soldier of the Revolution and am a pensioner of the United States.
I served two years in all my services taken together - In the year 1782 I served under Lieut. Stearns in Farmington and was stationed at Bethel, on the Androscoggin River, then called Litchbury Canada.
Levi Dresher, then & now of Tryphany served with me for the term of at least seven months and a half and was a Corporal in the Company commanded by said Farmington.
This service in 1782 was under two enlistments. The first was called a three months enlistment and terminated in the month of July, and the second was a four months enlistment and terminated in the month of December 1782 - and both of them under Lieut. Farmington. I have known said Levi Dresher for

eighty years past - Said Dufour was a resident of Tryphung in the Revolution and had been in the Service in the Continental Army before his Service in Battle and, as I always understood, for about one year and a half - Said Dufour received a full pension for his services under the act of 1832 - for one or two years but his pension was afterwards reduced, and I believe entirely cut off as mine was in 1834 -
Isaac Abbot
Oxford March 181852 Then per- sonally appeared before me, Isaac Abbot, a man of truth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
David R. Readings Justice of the Peace.

James E Heath Esq (Washington March 23. 1832) Sir
I transmit herewith two additional Affidavits from old soldiers who were in company with Levi Dresser, in support of the application of said Dresser for an increase of his Pension.
These Affidavits show that the service of Dresser in 1782, under Lieut. Farnington amounted to 7 months. The records of Massachusetts already filed furnish evidence of service only which was for 4 months.
I hope this evidence will be sufficient to authorize an enlargement of the Pension granted to Dresser.
Dresser was first placed upon the Pension Role at 82 43 / 3 per ann and was subsequently reduced to 36 47 / 3 - Application has been made to get him restored to the amount first granted which I hope will be done
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Geo. Lockwood

Sir
Washington August 15 th 1852
In the re-examination of the Case of Sen. Dresser of Mass. who has applied for an increase of his Pension, I would respectfully call your attention to the Cases of Morris Watkins, Isaac Alcott and William Evans.
Dresser in his original Application Claimed to have served 800 g mo in 1780, & 81 as a private and 800 g mo in 1782 as a Corporal for which he was allowed a pension at the rate of $82 50 per ann. His stipend was subsequently reduced to $36 67 per Ann. With this adjustment he has never been satisfied and now asks for an increase.
It appears from the Massachusetts Rolls that Dresser's Name was born on some of them for the following service only. In Faneuil Company 3 mo 18 days. In Kings Company 3 mo and in Saint Tarrington Company 4 mo. This last named service commenced July 22 nd 1782. With regard to the service in this last year we show by the testimony of Watkins and Alcott who served with Dresser that there were two services in that year under Saint Tarrington.

that the first Commenced in April and was for 3 Mo that when that term expired the Number of his Men were increased and he enlisted again for 4 Months or until discharged and that they served until Decemr. In referring to the papers of Hatchins it will appear from the Secretarys Certificate that his name is borne on the Rolls of Lieut. Harrington from July 22. 1782 for 4 Mo precisely the same as that of Dresher, yet Hatchins has been allowed for that same 7 or 8 Mo. There is no discrepancy between the statement of Dresher or his witnesses and the Rolls for the Service in 1782. The Rolls show a service of 4 Mo from July 1782, and the witnesses still further, that there were two services in that year, the first Commenced in April and the second in July as shown by the Rolls. There are no Rolls of Lieut. Harrington to be found for service rendered previously to July 1782. Consequently, no record exists to sustain the direct testimony of the witnesses can be produced nor can it be rejected as it does not exist.
It is well known that the evidence offered in the State Department of Massachusetts after 1 st Jany 1780 is very defective. There are some few Muster Rolls and some Pay Rolls made up for short periods of service but they cannot be relied upon as furnishing evidence of all the

Service rendered by any one Soldier. The fact that Dressy's name is not found upon the records in the Archives of that State for all the Service he claimed to have performed should not be taken as conclusive, or even presumptive proof against notwithstanding his positive declaration and the statements of the several witnesses under Oath.
William Evans one of the witnesses was allowed for 7 or 8 mo I believe in 1781 under Capt King.
Very Respectfully Yours Oct 19 th 1842 Geo L. Ames
Capt J. F. C. Inspect Adm Commr of Pensions

Washington 21 st Aug. 1857
Sir,
Please find enclosed the power of attorney and declaration of Levi Cresser who alleges that his Pension was improperly cut down from $82.66 to $36.67, and asks to be reinstated at the former rate. I file this declaration in order to get him reinstated and a power in the case.
I am Most Respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Fully R. Wise for G. C. Ames

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 16 th A. D. 1851 }
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
David R. Hastings is an
Acting Justice of the Peace, duly qualified to administer oaths take acknowledgements of Deeds Powers of Attorney & other instruments within and for the County of Oxford as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Hastings is dated August 3 d A. D. 1847 and will expire Aug. 3 d A. D. 1854.
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is  Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon CLERK.

Know all men by these presents, That I Levi Dresser of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid and George L Annes of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Attorneys irrevokable, for me and in my name and stead and for my use & behoof to prosecute my claim for an increase of Pension, and endeavour to reestablish my claim to the amount that was originally granted me on the proof that was exhibited in my original declaration, And for the purposes herein my said Attorneys or either of them separately or collectively, are authorized and empowered by me to examine my original declaration and the proof adduced by me in support thereof now on file in the Pension Office in Washington, and to do and perform whatever my said Attorneys or either of them may deem necessary to be done and performed in and about the premises,

Hereby ratifying and confirming what- so ever my Attorneys or either of them may lawfully do in the premises
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. This fourteenth day of Au- gust in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty one, Signed sealed and delivered in presence Gerrit Dresser Of D. R. Hastings D G Town
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County authorized to administer oaths take the acknowledgments of deeds powers of Attor- ney, and other instruments, the above named Gerrit Dresser and acknowledged the fore- going power of Attorney to be his free act and deed
David R. Hastings Just Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND, Aug. 16. A. D. 1851
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
David R. Hastings, is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Oxford as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Hastings is dated August 3. A. D. 1847 and will expire Aug 3. A. D. 1851
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford Register.

State of Maine
Oxford ss. On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in said County. Levi Dresher a resident of Fryeburg in the County and State aforesaid aged 90 years, who being duly sworn according to law doth upon oath make the following declaration in order to be reinstated on the pension roll at the same rate he was originally allowed under the act of 1832.
And your declarant states that he was placed on the pension roll of Maine in 1833 at the rate of $82.66 as a private and corporal in virtue of his declaration and proof then adduced for the benefits of the provisions of the act of 7th June 1832, that he received said amount of Pension for a short time, when said pension was suspended and he was subsequently placed upon the roll at the rate of $36.67 per annum. Your declarant believes and knows that he was in the service in the Revolutionary War as Private & Corporal in various enlistments at least two years, and he believes that said amount of service

was fully proved by the testimony of witnesses which was forwarded with his original declaration. He therefore requests that the evidence in his case may be reexamined and that he be restored to his original pension
Levi Dresser
Witness.
D. R. Hastings. J. G. Town
Then personally appeared on the day and year first above written. Levi Dresser whom I know to be the identical person he represents himself to be in the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is true.
Before me David R. Hastings. Just: Peace

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Senate Chamber April 8. 1846.
My Sir,
I enclose you a letter just received from the Hon. Wm. Frye of Bethel, with accompanying papers - The letter explains itself - and I hope the evidence will be found sufficient to authorize the restoration of the pension originally granted.
Very respectfully Your Mr. Secy.
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. Pensions
J. Fairfield "

Levi Dresser
Payments to be made at Portland by the Pres. of the Maine Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 1.
Page 12 by
R. Burdine Clerk.
Sep 28 52 2 June 2 R. H.
• Copy 23 4 July 27. 1851 L. D. Lowee

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Levi Dresher, of the State of Maine who was a Private and Corporal during the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive thirty six dollars and sixty seven cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 1 th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually on the 1 th of March, and 1 th of September, in
This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated 17 th Augt. 1833, for $82.66, per Ann. which has been returned and cancelled. Given at the War Office of the United
States, this ninth — day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight
J. B. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Application for certificate of Revolutionary services made by Levi Dresher, the party who rendered the services.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence, from the Rolls in his office, of that portion of the applicant's services, rendered in the war of the Revolution, set forth in the following statement.
He was a native of the town of Andover in the coun- ty of Essex and State of Massachusetts. He enlisted from the town of Fryeburg then in the county of York and state aforesaid, and now in the county of Oxford and state of Maine, in the year 1782, as a corporal in the com- pany commanded by Lieutenant Stephen Harrington of said Fryeburg and served as follows viz: The said com- pany was raised for the purpose of protecting the settlements upon the Androscoggin River then called Ludbury Canada, against the incursions and depredations of the Indians, who had entered, the year previous, the said settlements and killed some of the inhabitants thereof and captured and carried away others to Canada: He enlisted into said com- pany, in the fore part of June, according to the best of his re- collection, and marched immediately, after his said enlist- ment and went to the settlement on the said Androscog- gin River now called Bethel in the county of Oxford and State of Maine and was there stationed and retained in said service until as late as the middle of December of the same year.

He then understood and now believes that the said Lt. Harrington raised and embodied the said company and retained it in said service by order of the then Governor of the Massachusetts Bay.
I am now eighty four years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated.
I have empowered William Frye of Bethel in the county of Oxford and State of Maine to act in the premises as my attorney.
Witness my hand, this fifteenth day of December A.D. 1845.
Signed, by said Levi Dyer, } See T. M. Foster in my presence David Hammons Justice of the Peace.
Clerk's Office Paris January 13, 1846
This may certify that David Hammons whose genuine signature is above written is a Justice of the Peace & duly qualified
Charles Anderson Clerk of the Courts for Oxford Co. Me.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. I the subscribed clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that David Hammons whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing application is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Oxford duly appointed, and qualified, & that full faith & credit are due to his acts as such. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and set the seal of said County this thirteenth day of January eighteen hundred & forty six
Charles Andrews Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March, 23, 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Levi Dresser, is found upon a Pay Roll of a Company of Men Commanded by Lt Stephen Harrington, raised in the Counties of York and Cumberland, for the defence thereof, agreeable to a Resolve of the General Court, passed July 3. 1782. who took their station at a New Township, called Sudbury Canada, as a Corps of Observation, from July 22 to November, 22 1782. 4 Months. Said Roll is dated Fryeburg January 7. 1783.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Hon. J. L. Edwards Pension office Washington DC
Me mail
Alfred

Hon. J. L. Edwards { P'ryeburg Jan'y 28. (11) 1838 Pln. Off. Washington
Sir
I have to acknowledge the rec. of yours of Sept. 8. 1837. — It contained Isaac Ab- bott's certificate which I hereby acknowledge. — Will the Department have the goodness to send me the certificate for Mr. Levi Dresher? — Will the Dep tm . inform me at what time Mr. D's pension com- menced & at what rate his yearly pay is computed? — It is almost indispensable that these pensioners should have it from Head Quarters, what sum is due to them A word to this effect would be of much use to me & satisfy Mr. Isaac Abbott & Mr. Dresher I will endeavor to be of as little trouble as is consistent to the office, but I hope that the above enquiries may be answered fully so that I may answer the questions of these old fellows —
Respectfully & — W. J. Lovett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 17 th 1835.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "Levy" Dreyer, as a private, is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Andrew P. Fernald's Company, where he is allowed from July 8 th to October 10 th 1780, for services and travel, three months and eighteen days. — m. d. 3=18
"Levy" Dreyer's name is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Abel King's Company, in Col. Sears's Regt. where he is allowed from August 20 th to Nov r 20 th 1781, three months. 3=00 6=18
Levi Dreyer claims to have served under the above mentioned Captains, and years.
Edward D Bangs. Secy.
Levi Dreyer's name as a corporal, is borne on a pay roll of Lt. Stephen Farrington's Company, where he is allowed from July 22 d 1782, four months. 4=00 Edward D Bangs Secy 10=18

Payments to be made at Portland by First Natl. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
reduced $1800 per 4 - corp $36.67 per
M m J. Lowell Fryebury Me
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1 Page 11 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Luz Doper of the State of Maine who was a Private and Corporal in the revolutionary war
is entitled to receive Eighty Two dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examen and } Countersigned. }
J. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Grynbury July 7 th 1780
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the Town met, and agreeable thereto proceeded on business as follows viz
1 ly Dea n Simon Dyer was chosen Moderator — 2 ly Job Eastman was chosen Town Clerk P.T. — 3 ly Voted, that the Select-men procure the two men required of this Town by the Resolve of this Gen l Court of June 22 d 1780 upon at reasonable terms as they can —
Then the Meeting was adjourned for one hour Job Eastman Town Clerk P.T.
Agreeable to the above adjournment the Town met, and proceeded on business as follows viz —
1 ly Voted the Select-men in their office give their surety to the two men now enlisted viz Benj a Walker Patten, and Levi Dyer, to reinforce the Continental army, as a bounty agreeable to the Resolves of the House of Representatives past June 22, 1780 for the sum of eight Dollars pr r Month from the time of their enlistment till they are discharged — Money to be made as good as it was in the year 1774 —
Then the meeting was dissolved
Job Eastman Town Clerk P.T.
A True Entry Attest Joseph Dyer Jr r Town Clerk
A True Copy Attest Charles Alcock Town Clerk
Grynbury February 11-1835

Lowell July 21. July 27. Dear Mr. [unclear] Ms.
for L. Edwards Esqr
Com'y Pensions
Washington City

Lovett Me. July 15. 1885.
Sir,
Since I received your letter of Dec 29. 1884 I have made diligent search for such facts as appeared requisite to establish Mr. Levi Dyer's claim to a pension. Inclosed are the Documents obtained.
From N o 1, which is an attested copy of the town Records, it appears that Levi Dyer is listed into the Continental Army July 7. 1780.
This, we grant, proves no actual service, but merely shows that he engaged to serve for three months or longer.
From N o 2. (which, by the way, is a summary of certain papers, found in the office at Fryeburg, which bear prima facie evidence of having been written in older times,) it appears that Levi Dyer enlisted two separate times for three months each, or till discharged; - that he received certain sums of money for mileage, and as a bounty. This establishes the fact that the town of Fryeburg were satisfied that he would , and did perform certain actual services for his country for which they paid him.
From N o 3, the fact is established, that Levi Dyer did perform actual service; - six months & 18 days, as a private; & four months as a corporal.
All this does not amount to so much time of actual service as Mr. Dyer claims for. He still confidently and persistently affirms that he was not discharged till some months

after the terms for which he enlisted had expired, and that on the last term under Lieut. Forington, he was held in readiness to march at a moment's warning, for months after he left Boston.
He is advanced in years and may be mistaken on some points; but from the acquaintance I have had with him, I cannot think he wants testify knowingly to an untruth.
For farther evidence I must refer to papers which have been sent to the division of fire.
We trust you will not let the discrepancy discovered in his former communications impair your confidence in his integrity; but that you will make allowance for the infirmities of age, & let your decision be founded on those principles of even-handed justice, which must give with splendor the character of public officers, and be the stability of our republican institutions.
With respect J. L. Edwards Esq. Your ob't. servant Valentine Little
P. S. Please inform me soon of the result of this application. V. L.

To whom it may concern, be the Subscribers Selectmen of Fayeburg, hereby certify that we find in the Selectmen's Office of this town papers of the following import, viz. An enlistment into the Continental Army agreeably to resolve of Mass. June 22, 1780, signed by Benjamin Walker Patten, and Levi Dresher, for three months, or till Chickamauga, dated July 7, 1780. — Also a receipt signed by the same dated July 11, 1780, for three hundred and twenty four dollars cash, recd. of the Selectmen of Fayeburg, for mileage to the place of rendezvous —
Also an enlistment for three months agreeably to resolve of June 30, 1781, signed by Timothy Walker and Levi Dresher, dated July 17, 1781. —
Also a receipt signed by Levi Dresher, for twelve dollars in part for his bounty in the three months service of 1781. dated Mar. 12, 1781. —
Also a record dated Feb. 28, 1782 of £10. 19. 8 3/4 paid Levi Dresher in full for his bounty and interest, in the three months service of 1781.
Fayeburg April 1. 1835 Asaph Hardy James Hobbs George Wiley
Selectmen Fayeburg Hale of Fellows

Affidavit
I Levi Dresser, of Lowell in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, hereby make the following statement of the time I was in the actual service of my country during the revolutionary struggle.
In the spring of 1780 I enlisted for eight months and marched under Capt. Andrew P. Fernald to West Point, where we remained in service during the term of enlistment, & were then dismissed.
The next spring I enlisted for five months & marched to Saratoga under Capt. King, & was there discharged after five months service.
In April 1782 I enlisted & marched to Butts under Lieut. Stephen Farrington & remained in scouting parties, & in Garrison duties until the last of December, when we returned to Fryeburg, which was the place of my residence: but was held under enlistment till the close of the war. During this last term, I was enlisted as a corporal, but was required to perform the duty of a Sergeant.
In testimony of the above I hereunto set my hand at Lowell, Nov. 22. 1834.
Levi Dresser
Oxford ss November 22. 1834 Personally appeared the above named Levi Dresser and made oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Levi Holson Justice of the Peace

me -
Respectfully referred to the benefices of Parsons. Mr. Edwards would do me a favor by corresponding directly with Mr. Little. As I am unwilling to be placed in the position of the organ of business and correspondence. I would refer you to Mr. Little.
Lowell Novr 22
Friend
Amos Randall Esq
Frank Auditor
Washington D. C.

Lowell Nov. 22. 1834
Dear Sir,
I am sorry to trouble you again so soon about pensions, but as you were so successful in expediting the business for Mr. Hutchinson, another neighbor of mine, Mr. Levi Dresser, is very anxious to have your good services in his behalf.
His pension has been suspended, and he requested to make out a more particular account of the time he was in actual service. This he has done by another hand & sent to the Pension office, by the same Mail I wrote you before. But, now, on reflection he is apprehensive that he made a mistake as to one term of duty. He was at West-point eight months instead of six. He will make out a new affidavit & inclose it in this letter, and we shall take it as a favor, if you will present it to the Commissioner of Pensions.
I have been acquainted with Mr. Dresser for several years, and think confidence may be placed on his testimony.
I feel gratified by your prompt attention to my former request; I trust you will be rewarded by the consciousness of having fulfilled the royal law of love. Should you obtain a certificate for Mr. Dresser, please send it to me, by the first Mail.
With respect
A. Randall Esq.
Yours &c
N. Little

P.S. I have still another neighbor, Mr. Daniel Eastman, in the like predicament, his affidavit has been sent on, & if his case is not yet decided, he trusts in your kind- ness to speak a good word in his behalf V. Little

Maine Levi Dresher for increase.
1. Small Oct 25
She filed with papers & letter to Little 29 Oct 10 she endorsed
Yrs
Edward Conway
War Department City of Washington

G. T. Edwards Correspondent of Portland
Ever Judge of Lowell in the county of Oxford & State of Maine, do Depose and say. That I was in actual Service from the first of May 1783 to the last of December at Bethel. I was Stationed at West Point in 1781 for Six Months under Capt Andrew P. Purnald and Capt Hanson in actual Service, and in 1782 I marched from Tarrytown to Albany in New York and then to Saratoga and Staid there five months under General John Stark in actual Service Making in all more than Seventeen Months Actual Service -
B. The time I spent at Bethel I was Corporal and had Sargents duty to do for the whole time.
Levi Dyer
Offord ss. October 22 1854 personally appeared the above named Levi Dyer and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing account by him subscribed Before me Levi Dyer Justice of the Peace

L. Dreyer - add. D. L. Smith

Oxford 10 May 1833
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Levi Dyer, a credible witness, who, being duly sworn (in addition to his former declaration) deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection not less than the periods mentioned below and in the grade of a private for AD 1780 - six months - for AD 1781 for five months - for AD 1782 as first corporal - for eight months - for AD 1783 for eleven months, of which time from 1 st Jan to May or about that time he spent in winter quarters at Tryon by permission of the commanding officer and remainder of the time from about 1 st May AD 1783 to middle of Dec in actual service
Judah Dana Just. Peace
Oxford 10 May 1833
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Ebenezer Dyer of Tryon in said county a credible witness aged about seventy seven years and more that he had been intimately acquainted for more than fifty years with Joshua Gamage of said and Isaac Otis of said Tryon and Daniel Eastman Levi Dyer and Moses Hutchins of Powell in said county, and believes them to be about seventy years of age and that it is the general belief in the neighbourhood where they live that they served in the war of the revolution and that he has no doubt but that each of them served in the war of the revolution according to the declarations by them severally made -
Judah Dana Justice Peace

State of Maine
Oxford 30 May 3 rd AD 1833
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county of Oxford Daniel Clement of Fryeburg in said county a respectable citizen and credible witness, and swore that he had for thirty years been well acquainted with Joshua Gamage and Isaac Abbott of Fryeburg aforesaid and Daniel Eastman Levi Dresser and Moses Tutchins of Lovell in said county and believes them to be about seventy years of age, some perhaps a little over and some a little short of that age and that it is generally, believed in the neighbourhood where they live, that they served in the war of the revolution -
That they are credible witnesses and I have no doubt but their declarations are true.
Judith Dana Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Oxford May 3 rd AD 1833
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for said county, the  60 th - William Evans of Fryeburg in said county and swore that he believes that Joshua Gamage and Isaac Abbott of said Fryeburg he had for fifty years and more been intimately acquainted with Levi Dresser now of Lovell in said county who is about seventy years of age and that s d Dresser was in the season of AD 1781 a fellow soldier with him in the war of the revolution; a part of the time at least in Capt Kings company; that I know him to serve at least in that season, five months , as he has stated in his declaration for I was with him & know it -
Judith Dana Just. P. C.

State of Maine Oxford Is May 6 A 1833 then personally appeared before me the Subscriber, Judah Dana, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County - Isaac Abbott of Fryeburg in said County, a credible Witness, and sworn that he had for more than fifty years been acquainted with Levi Dyer of Lowell in said County and knew him as a soldier of the Revolution and in the year A 1782, he served with said Dyer under Lt Stephen Harrington in defending the frontier settlements on the Androscoggin, at Bethel, and knows that said Dyer did serve there in the revolutionary war, as he has stated in his Declaration, for that year - and have no doubt that, he did the year after; but it was not that year out with him - Judah Dana Just. Peace
Oxford Is May 3 A 1833 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford, Moses Hopkins of Lowell in said County, a credible Wit- ness and sworn that he was well acquainted with Levi Dyer & Daniel Eastman of Lowell & Isaac Abbott of Fryeburg, and had known them for more than fifty years, and he was in the war of the revolution with them in the years of A 1781-1782 & 1783 at Bethel under Capt John Ewer the first year & under Lt Stephen Harrington the last two years and knows that they did then and there serve in the war of the revolution as they have stated in their several declarations Judah Dana Just. Peace